NVIDIA started Quadro M5500 sales 4 April 2016. This is a Maxwell architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 6.61 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 211 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 150 Watt.

General info

Some basic facts about Quadro M5500: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	251
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Value for money	2.72
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	GM204
Market segment	Mobile workstation
Release date	4 April 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	$1700	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

Quadro M5500's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro M5500's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	1139 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1140 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	5200 Million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	149.1	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro M5500's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
SLI options	+

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro M5500: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	6606 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro M5500. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
G-SYNC support	+

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Quadro M5500. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Pro	+
Mosaic	+
VR Ready	+
nView Display Management	+
Optimus	+

API support

APIs supported by Quadro M5500, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12
Shader Model	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	+
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro M5500. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro M5500 20.44

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro M5500 7915

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro M5500 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40
Battlefield 5	65−70
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	50−55
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	70−75
Hitman 3	55−60
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40
Battlefield 5	65−70
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	50−55
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	70−75
Hitman 3	55−60
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45
Metro Exodus	30−35
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40
Battlefield 5	65−70
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	50−55
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	70−75
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Metro Exodus	20−22
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20
Battlefield 5	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14
Far Cry 5	30−35
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40
Forza Horizon 4	40−45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Hitman 3	18−20
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14
Metro Exodus	12−14
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Battlefield 5	24−27
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	16−18
Far Cry New Dawn	20−22
Forza Horizon 4	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10

Relative performance

Overall Quadro M5500 performance compared to nearest competitors among mobile workstation video cards.

Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q 105.68

Quadro P4000 Mobile 103.42

Quadro T2000 Mobile 100.88

Quadro M5500 100

Radeon Pro WX 7100 99.61

Radeon Pro 580 97.95

Quadro T1200 Mobile 97.41

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro M5500 is Radeon Pro WX 7100, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.